I was told I could replace it with a Emerson Rescue Motor 5465(note the picture on this page is wrong...see below for actual motor pictures)

Specs are a match, however there are many more wires. The orange and yellow are used to reverse direction.
There is a green for ground...the old one doesn't have that, so I have no clue where to run it.
There are 5 wires - brown, black, red, white & brown/white. I have no idea how to determine which wires to run where.

Here are some pictures that may help you help me figure out how to wired the thing.

(Note, they are large, about 1MB each so you can see detail, if needed).

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The motor link says a condensor fan motor on the heading but that's a furnace motor. Picture of the label on the motor also states 115 volt furnace blower motor. I don't know emersons numbers but double check you have the right part. Condensor fan motor will not have all the vent slots.

BTW a bad capacitor can make it spin backwards

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The motor link says a condensor fan motor on the heading but that's a furnace motor. Picture of the label on the motor also states 115 volt furnace blower motor. I don't know emersons numbers but double check you have the right part. Condensor fan motor will not have all the vent slots.

BTW a bad capacitor can make it spin backwards

Good catch. The picture on that website is wrong. I added some pictures of the actual motor that I have in my possession now.

How/why would a bad capacitor make the motor go backwards? Could the wiring of the motor to the capacitor make it go backwards?

The motor link says a condensor fan motor on the heading but that's a furnace motor. Picture of the label on the motor also states 115 volt furnace blower motor. I don't know emersons numbers but double check you have the right part. Condensor fan motor will not have all the vent slots.

BTW a bad capacitor can make it spin backwards

Problem Solved!

Based on this tip, I went and looked at a neighbor's and found the Red & Blue wires connected to the capacitor were reversed!

I went home, swapped them on mine, and, turned it on, and viola! Spinning correctly!!!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!!!
Saved me a LOT of headache and about $100 on that motor I can now take back!!!